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Manali Rupji is a researcher specializing in surgical performance analytics, robotic colorectal surgery, and objective performance indicators (OPIs), with a growing body of work that is reshaping how surgical expertise is measured and taught. Her most influential contribution, "Ratio of Economy of Motion: A New Objective Performance Indicator to Assign Consoles During Dual-Console Robotic Proctectomy" (2023, 15 citations), introduced a novel, scalable method for attributing performance metrics to individual surgeons during complex dual-console robotic procedures—a previously unsolved methodological challenge in the field. Building on this foundation, Rupji has demonstrated that OPIs can reliably differentiate surgeon skill levels during robotic right colectomy and proctectomy, with multiple 2024 studies accumulating up to 10 citations each. Her work on surgical workflow quantification adds a procedural dimension to performance assessment, revealing meaningful variability across operative steps. She has also extended her analyses to patient-level factors, examining how obesity influences robotic performance outcomes. Beyond colorectal surgery, Rupji contributed to real-world mortality analyses for transoral robotic surgery using national cancer database data. Collectively, her research provides a rigorous, data-driven framework for evaluating and advancing robotic surgical proficiency.